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Heaven Must Be Missing an Egg Roll
A brilliant idea inspired by a popular song
I was with my posse of friends having lunch at our favorite Chinese restaurant. It was the Seventies. I was still young, stupid and poor. The main course had not yet been served but we were all having an egg roll as an appetizer. I love egg rolls. I could eat nothing but egg rolls for a meal.
This particular restaurant did not play soft Chinese music on its sound system. Instead, they piped in the top 40 pop radio station. So there we were eating our egg rolls, listening to popular music and talking when suddenly…
…it happened!
A new song began playing on the radio. It was the very popular song, Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel, by the one-hit wonder group, Tavares.
“Oooh, I love this song,” said someone at the table.
Then, as though guided by some unseen forces, I raised the half-eaten egg roll in my hand up into the air and proclaimed, “No! Heaven must be missing an egg roll!”
The table erupted in uncontrollable laughter. This almost never happens when I say something. Usually when I try to say something funny I get pelted with rotten fruit — or everyone runs for the hills. But I wasn’t even trying to say something funny. It just came out of my mouth of its…
